Donbass commanders: "Ukrainian people are our friends, relatives. We'll liberate them from fascism."

While in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in October, I went to a front line outpost 70 m from Ukrainian forces in Avdeevka, according to the Donbass commanders I spoke with.

While many in the west think that this conflict started in February 2022, those following events since 2014 are aware of the origins of the conflict & the sacrifices which the people of the Donbass republics have endured, particularly those fighting to protect their families and loved ones.

Just as the Syrian Arab Army was maligned, so too have Donbass forces have been maligned by Western media, though both are defending their homelands from terrorist forces trained and funded by the West. Terrorists given the freedom to commit endless atrocities against Donbass civilians.

These defenders, many living in dank trench conditions didn't chose war, they responded to it, to protect their loved ones & their future. In spite of over eight years of being warred upon by Ukraine, they retain their humanity.

Excerpts:

-"I hate nationalists, their government. This is what we hate. But, for example, an ordinary Ukrainian person? Why? Many of us speak Ukrainian. We understand them, they understand us."

-"This is my homeland, I was born here. I have a son. And I don't want to leave him all of this."

-"We don't blame the whole Ukrainian people. The Ukrainian people are our friends, they are our relatives. We realize that they've been struck by evil, and it's not their fault. Ordinary people are not to blame for this, we clearly differentiate them. We will liberate them from fascism, and we'll make friends."

-"America is accustomed to proving their power to their people through terrorism around the world, inciting fires in Syria, in the east. They played the card of radical Islam there, and now they are playing the card of fascism. If some kind of dirt exists somewhere, they prefer to use it. They do not see themselves on the other side of good. They need wars, blood, cruelty, and they signed Europe up for this."

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/11/24/maligned-in-western-media-donbass-forces-are-defending-their-future-from-ukrainian-shelling-and-fascism/

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/the-donbass-my-articles-videos-interviews-from-on-the-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-2019-present/